Appendix: Programming PolarFire FPGA Using the On-Board FlashPro5
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Appendix: Programming PolarFire FPGA
Using the On-Board FlashPro5
The PolarFire Evaluation Board has an FlashPro5 programmer hardware. Hence, an external
programmer hardware is not required to program the PolarFire device. The device can be programmed
using the FlashPro software installed on the host PC.
Follow these steps to program the on-board PolarFire device:
1.
Connect the power supply cable to the
J9
connector on the board.
2.
Connect the USB cable from the Host PC to the
J5
(FTDI port) on the board.
3.
Power on the board using the
SW3
slide switch.
When the board is successfully set up, the LEDs start glowing.
4.
On the host PC, start the FlashPro software.
5.
Click
New Project
to create a new project.
6.
In the
New Project
window, do the following, and click OK:
•
Enter a project name.
•
Select
Single device
as the programming mode.
7.
Click
Configure Device
.
8.
Click
Browse
, and select the “xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.stp file from the
Load Programming File
window.
Note:
The programming file will be available in the future release.
9.
From the
View Programmer
pane, select the on-board FlashPro5 programmer as shown in the
following figure.
Figure 20 •
Selecting the On-Board FlashPro5
10. Click
Program
to program the device.
The
Programmer List Window
in the FlashPro, shows the Programmer Name, Programmer Type,
Port, Programmer Status, and the Programmer Enabled information.
11. When the device is programmed successfully, a Run Program PASSED status is displayed.